Illustration: Outside a neighborhood bathhouse before opening, a worker pauses halfway through scrubbing a weathered stone bench. The freshly cleaned half is dramatically lighter and its stone grain clearly visible, while the untouched half remains heavily coated with grime.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

顕けん著ちょ

kencho

noticeable, striking

Example sentences

  1. 高熱こうねつがこの病気びょうきの顕著けんちょな症状しょうじょうだ。

    High fever is a prominent symptom of this disease.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. この傾向けいこうは、室町時代むろまちじだいに至いたって顕著けんちょとなる。

    This inclination became evident during the Muromachi period.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. このことから、演歌えんかファンの高齢化こうれいかが顕著けんちょになっている。

    For this reason, enka fans are markedly aging.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 顕著

  • 顕appear; existingOnケンKunあきらか・あらわれる
  • 著renowned; publishOnチョ・チャクKunあらわす・いちじるしい

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